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West Ham United F.C. is a football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London and play their home matches at The Boleyn Ground (official name of Upton Park). They are currently in the English Premier League.
The team enjoyed 10 consecutive top flight seasons from 1993 to 2003 prior to relegation to The Championship. They have won the FA Cup three times: in 1964, 1975 and 1980, and also captured the now defunct Cup Winners Cup in 1965, but have never won the League Championship. The club returned to the Premier League in 2005 and achieved a 9th place finish. In addition the club progressed through to the FA Cup Final for the first time in twenty-six years where they lost on penalties to Liverpool after a 3-3 draw.
Nation: England
Year Founded: 1895
Status: Professional
Reputation: National
Chairman Status: Will listen to offers
Favoured Personnel: Rio Ferdinand, Paolo Di Canio, Jimmy Walker, Glen Johnson
Fierce Rivals: Millwall, Tottenham, Chelsea
Other Rivals: Man Utd, Arsenal
Finances: Okay
Estimated Value: £73M (Loan Debt: £24M)
Stadium: Upton Park, London
Stadium Capacity: 35500 all seater with under-soil heating
Reserve Stadium: The Glyn Hopkins Stadium, Dagenham
Training Facilities: Good training facilities
Youth Facilities: Excellent youth facilities + Youth academy
Continental Competition: EURO Cup
Media Prediction: 8th
Squad Average Age: 24
Squad Personality: Professional
My assessment:
If you want to take over a mid-table team in England with a lot of promising youngsters then West Ham is the team for you. Of course they have Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez, but also, Jonathan Spector, Anton Ferdinand, Mark Noble, and Nigel Reo-Coker are young and talented guys. You don’t have a lot of money in the start, but West Ham is a target for takeover in the game, money might come faster than you think.
My suggestion for a first eleven will be:
Carroll
Pantsil Ferdinand Collins/Gabbidon Konchesky
This is a team that will produce some good displays in the premier league. I think their best upfront and in the central midfield. In these positions we have four excellent young players that hopefully will continue to grow in many years. Also Pantsil has surprised me; he’s actually my second best player (Just behind Reo-Coker). With Ferdinand as a wonderkid in defence the defence should be pretty tight.
I hope everyone that plays as West Ham starts to write in this thread, all of you others that are wondering which team you should be, the search is over!
Originally posted by Knoc-Turnal:
I think you got your left and right sided players the wrong way round.
Other than than, great start :thup:
Thanx i have fixed it now
Quote:
Originally posted by ianbarr:
Green
Mears Ferdinand Gabbidon Konchesky
Mascherano
Etherington Reo-Coker Benayoun
Tevez Ashton
Nice formation, hows it working for you? Is really Mears better on the right than Pantsil for you. On my game its a big difference between those two players.
I`m soon reaching last days of January on my first season so I will come with mye first update pretty soon
im in november now with West Ham
some of the info u mentioned earlier is different to my game like estimated value as well as average age 34 :S - mine is 26.
similarly to the demo i started really well (4th after 5 games) then i just couldnt win
i am now in novemeber and sitting 15th in the league so im finding life tought - however there is talk of a board takeover so more transfer funds hopefully
i bought vanden borre back in july and im finding hes playing much better than pantsil and mears
Brought this pair in to add some experience to the defence, and in Ergun's case he could also play in midfield.
Also brought in Arsenal Goalie Manuel Almunia on loan for 6months because of the injuries to Green and Carroll.
Decided Harwood wasnt needed so hes off to West Brom for 4million when the window reopens.
My team rotated alot due to injuries and strikers not scoring, namely Tevez (who along with Mascherano didnt settle until i gave them loads of games and new contracts).
Nice to see people starting with the mighty Hammers
January first season
I’ve now arrived into the last of January in my first season. I’m currently lying safe in 8th position. I’m through from the group stage of the EURO cup, lost in the semi-final in the league cup to Chelsea.
I’ve started of in August with only two buys. I wanted to test the strength of my original squad so I only bought Sherman Andres Cardenas and Vincent Enyeama. Enyeama is my third keeper so he’s not getting any caps, Cardenas seems like a good prospect and I’m expecting a lot from him in the future. I sold Shaun Newton and Carlton Cole for at total of £2, 4 mill.
In January I signed an old veteran from Inter, Alvaro Recoba for £1, 1 mill. I’ve gotten Mark Noble back from loan so I’ve sold Hayden Mullins to Reading for £2, 5 mill. I’ve also got a nice surprise when Shaun Wright Phillips agreed to go on a loan to me.
I’m quit happy with the team I have now, my biggest problem is Carlos Tevez that want’s to a bigger club, I already declined one transfer request from him. I expect to sell him in the summer, it’s a shame but when a player want’s to go he can go.
So far it hasn’t been any speculations about a takeover. I’ve making good money and almost turning £10 mill in bank balance.
FM 2007 - West Ham - The Hammers 
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